Grinnell is a small town in Kansas with a population of around 300 people. It is home to many small businesses, but also has an active political scene. The city council consists of five members who are elected by the local residents and serve four-year terms. Local elections take place every two years and include candidates from both parties running for office. Issues that are important to the city include infrastructure, economic development, and public safety. Residents of Grinnell are passionate about their community and take part in local politics. They have been known to come out strong for candidates they believe will best represent their interests in the local government.
The political climate in Zip 67738 (Grinnell, KS) is very conservative.
Gove County, KS is very conservative. In Gove County, KS 11.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gove county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.8% to 11.3%.
Gove county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67738 (Grinnell, KS) is very conservative.
Grinnell, Kansas is very conservative.
Gove County, Kansas is very conservative.
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Kansas is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Grinnell, Kansas: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 67738 (Grinnell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,324 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)